AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION AND BY- 
LAWS OF THE NATIONAL. SOCIETY OF THE 
^)AUGHTEKS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLU- 
TION. OFFERED AT THE CONTINENTAL 
CONGRESS OF 1902, TO BE ACTED UPON AT 
THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS OF 1903. 



Amendmeut to the Constitution. 

Amend by elimiuating the words " aud judicial" from Secliou I, Ar- 
ticle 5 of the Constitution ; change the numbers of Articles VII, VIH, 
and IX to VIII, IX and X, respectively, and add a new Article, kaowu 
as Article VII, which is as follows ; 

ARTICI.E VIII. 
Judicial Board. 

Section i. The Judicial power of the National Society of the Daugh- 
ters of the American Revolution shall be, and hereby is, vested in a 
Judicial Board of seven members, consisting of a Presiding Justice and 
six Associate Justices. The President-General shall nominate, and, by 
and with the consent of the Continental Congress, shall appoint the 
members of such Board. 

Section 2. For the first Judicial Board, the Presiding Justice and two 
Associate Justices shall be appointed for a term of six years ; two Associ- 
ate Justices for a term of four years ; and two Associate Justices for a 
term of two years ; and thereafter such appointments shall be for a term 



n ' of six years, and those appointed shall hold their offices for the term ap- 
VaO*^ pointed, and until their successors are elected and qualified. 

Section 3, Only members who are or have been delegates to the Con- 
tinental Congress shall be eligible to such appointment, and no one shall 
be appointed more than twice as a member of such Board. 

Section 4. Should a vacancy occur in the membership of such Board, 
the President-Geueral shall appoint a member to fill the unexpired term 
made vacant, subject to the consent of the sitting or succeeding Congress, 
and such member shall perform the duties of such office until the Congress 
acts upon such appointment. 

Section 5. The judicial power shall extend to all contests of elections 
and to all impeachments of officers of the National Society, or of subordi- 
nate Chapters ; to all questions as to the legal organization of Chapters ; 
to all questions as to the constitutionality of by-laws adopted by the Na- 
tional Society or by a subordinate Chapter ; and to all other questions 
wherein a judicial finding is requested by either the National Society, 
the Board of Management, or a subordinate Chapter. In all cases the 
decision of the Judicial Board shall be final, and any Chapter failing to 
promptly enforce the mandate thereof shall suffer forfeiture of its Charter ; 
any member disobeying the same shall be expelled. 

Section 6, The Judical Board shall adopt its own seal, make its own 
rules and regulations for the submission and disposition of questions 
brought before it, and prescribe the method of preserving its records and 
promulgating its decisions. It shall have the power to appoint a Clerk 



and other necessary officers and fix their terms of office, duties and sala- 
ries, which, as well as the expense of all records of and publications by 
such Board, shall be paid by the National Society. It shall meet at least 
once a year in the City of Washington for the hearing and disposition of 
questions brought before it, but shall be held to be in continuous session 
for the hearing thereof, and may render such decisions in the interim as 
the entire Board shall concur in. 

Skction 7. No member of such Board, during the term for which ap- 
pointed, shall be eligible to any office in the National Society or in any 
subordinate Chapter. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Nannik McCormick Coi,kman, Regent, Chicago Chapter. 

Kate Kearney Henry, V. P. General. 

Mrs. James M. Fowler, State Regent, Indiana. 

Mary Belle King Sherman, Chicago Chapter. 

Louisa S. MillSpaugh, Cor. Sec, Chicago Chapter. 

Mary h. Deere, Regent Klect ot Illinois. 

Adaline E. Emerson, Ex-Regent of Rockford Chapter. 

Irene W. Chittenden, State Regent, Michigan. 

Emma S. Brayton, State Vice-Regent, Michigan. 

Eliza H. Delafield, State Vice-Regent, Missouri. 

Margaret Mitchell Bate, Regent, John Marshall Chapter, 
also acting State Regent for Kentucky. 

Mrs. C. B. Bryan, Regent, Commodore Perry Chapter, Tenn. 

Georgia S. Hatcher. 



Artici^e; XIII. 

Amend by adding after the words " spinning wheel and distaff" the fol- 
lowing clause. 

It will then read : 

" The insignia of the Society shall consist of a badge in the form of a 
spinning wheel and distafif, it shall be worn suspended by a silk ribbon, 
on all occasions when the members assemble officially, for any stated pur- 
pose or celebration ; and may be worn on any occasion of ceremony." 

" It shall be carried only on the left breast, except by members who 
are or have been National Officers, who may wear it suspended from the 
ribbon around the neck. " 

Mrs. Edward H. Ogdkn. 



NOTICE. 

Copies of these amendments were not given to the Recording Secretary-General 
at the Eleventh Continental Congress but, instead, found their way to the Congressional 
Stenographer and were included with the proceedings for the day. The mistake was 
not discovered until after the other amendments had been printed and issued. There- 
fore, as the makers of the amendments and the Recording Secretary are not respon- 
sible tor the mistake, these amendments are now issued. 



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